Global Market Highlight
DJIA increased by +1.91% on Friday (08/05) followed by the strengthening of S&P 500 (+1.69%) and Nasdaq (+1.58%). The strengthening index is supported by the lockdown easing on several states with restaurants, retails and shopping centers re-opened although restricted to 25% capacity. On the other hand, some negative sentiments such as unemployment rate reaching 14.7% as of April 2020 followed by the decrease of employment up to 20.5 million didn’t seem to affect the market. The market will look forward to several data releases today, such as: 1) US Consumer Inflation Expectations per Apr-2020; 2) Italy Industrial Production per Apr-2020; 3) US Bill Auction per Apr-2020.
Domestic Updates
BI released Foreign Exchange Reserve on April 2020 amounted to USD127.9 billion. The number is higher than USD121 billion on March 2020. The foreign exchange reserves are equivalent to 7.8 months of imports funding or 7.5 months of imports and servicing of official external debt, and are above the international adequacy standard of around 3 months of imports. The increase in foreign exchange reserves in April 2020 was mainly due to the issuance of global government bonds. Bank Indonesia see that the foreign exchange reserves remain adequate, supported by stability and a favorable economic outlook.
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IHSG Updates
JCI dropped by -0.25% to 4,597.43 on Friday (08/05) followed by a net foreign sell reaching IDR812.71 billion. The weakening index is due to a bundle of negative sentiments over the past week such as lower PMI, consumer confidence, and economic growth. Although the positive catalyst from a higher foreign exchange reserve that indicate adequacy and the Government relentless effort to maintain the economy didn’t seem to encourage the index. Meanwhile, the Rupiah exchange rate against the USD was appreciated at IDR14,920. We estimate JCI will move in the range of 4,560-4,650 while waiting for the Current Account as of 1Q20. Today's recommendation: ADRO, PGAS, INKP, BRPT.
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